1979 CLEVELAND INDIANS

| Level: MLB

Location: Cleveland,OH
Team Record: 81-80 .503
Result: 6th in American League - East Division
Manager(s): Jeff Torborg, Dave Garcia
General Manager: Phil Seghi
Stadium: Cleveland Stadium
Attendance: 1,011,644
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Cleveland Indians affiliate history

Oldest Player: Rick Wise (33)
Youngest Player: Victor Cruz (21)
Longest Tenure: Duane Kuiper (6)
Top Hitter: Toby Harrah (24)
Top Pitcher: Sid Monge (25)
Top Draft Pick: John Bohnet (#7)

Roster Continuity: 75.00%

American League Standings

East	W	L	Pct	GB
Baltimore	102	57	.642	--
Milwaukee	95	66	.590	8.0
Boston	91	69	.569	11.5
NY Yankees	89	71	.556	13.5
Detroit	85	76	.528	18.0
Cleveland	81	80	.503	22.0
Toronto	53	109	.327	50.5

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
28	Rick Manning	of	58	24	1972-1-2	MLB	144	560	67	145	12	2	3	51	30	8	55	48	1	3	9	7	13	.259	.323	.304	626	170	632	452	62	3.7	.275
25	Bobby Bonds	of	27	33	UDFA: 1965	MLB	146	538	93	148	24	1	25	85	34	23	74	135	8	4	4	7	9	.275	.367	.463	830	249	631	433	92	5.7	.319
11	Toby Harrah	3b-ss	24	30	UDFA: 1967	MLB	149	527	99	147	25	1	20	77	20	9	89	60	8	2	7	4	8	.279	.389	.444	833	234	635	408	105	7.0	.282
29	Andre Thornton	1b	31	29	UDFA: 1967	MLB	143	515	89	120	31	1	26	93	5	4	90	93	4	2	1	7	8	.233	.347	.449	796	231	617	415	91	6.0	.233
18	Duane Kuiper	2b	67	29	1972-1-21	MLB	140	479	46	122	9	5	0	39	4	9	37	27	4	7	8	0	14	.255	.313	.294	608	141	528	388	45	3.1	.270
15,21	Tom Veryzer	ss	-	26	1971-1-11	MLB	149	449	41	99	9	3	0	34	2	5	34	54	4	0	10	4	10	.220	.279	.254	533	114	501	379	30	2.1	.248
35	Gary Alexander	c	69	26	1972-2-36	MLB	110	358	54	82	9	2	15	54	4	2	46	100	1	3	3	7	7	.229	.313	.391	704	140	415	295	43	3.9	.268
27	Jim Norris	of	-	30	1971-5-108	MLB	124	353	50	87	15	6	3	30	15	10	44	35	0	1	6	3	12	.246	.327	.348	676	123	406	297	44	4.0	.264
21	Mike Hargrove	1b	-	29	1972-25-572	MLB	100	338	60	110	21	4	10	56	2	3	63	40	5	2	2	5	10	.325	.433	.500	933	169	413	248	81	8.8	.341
44	Cliff Johnson	1b-c	101	31	1966-5-83	MLB	72	240	37	65	10	0	18	61	2	0	24	39	5	1	0	5	6	.271	.343	.537	881	129	274	186	48	7.0	.250
9	Ron Hassey	c	-	26	1976-18-422	MLB	75	223	20	64	14	0	4	32	1	0	19	19	0	2	4	3	8	.287	.339	.404	742	90	249	174	34	5.2	.296
22	Ted Cox	3b-of	-	24	1973-1-17	MLB	78	189	17	40	6	0	4	22	3	4	14	27	2	1	2	1	7	.212	.272	.307	579	58	208	163	14	2.2	.226
0	Paul Dade	of-3b	-	27	1970-1-10	MLB	44	170	22	48	4	1	3	18	12	6	12	22	0	1	1	2	1	.282	.326	.371	697	63	185	132	22	4.5	.306
13	Ron Pruitt	of-c	-	27	1972-2-28	MLB	64	166	23	47	7	0	2	21	2	0	19	21	0	1	2	1	5	.283	.355	.361	716	60	188	127	23	4.9	.312
12	Dave Rosello	2b-ss	-	29	UDFA: 1969	MLB	59	107	20	26	6	1	3	14	1	0	15	27	0	0	9	3	2	.243	.328	.402	730	43	134	95	16	4.4	.287
30	Dell Alston	of	-	26	UDFA: 1973	MLB	54	62	10	18	0	2	1	12	4	4	10	10	0	1	1	1	0	.290	.384	.403	787	25	74	50	10	5.5	.327
31	Wayne Cage	1b	-	27	1971-3-55	MLB	29	56	6	13	2	0	1	6	0	2	5	16	0	0	0	0	1	.232	.295	.321	617	18	61	46	4	2.3	.308
16	Bo Diaz	c	-	26	UDFA: 1971	MLB	15	32	0	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	0	0	1	0	1	.156	.206	.219	425	7	35	29	1	0.6	.192
20	Horace Speed	of	-	27	1969-3-66	MLB	26	14	6	2	0	0	0	1	2	1	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.368	.143	511	2	19	13	1	1.4	.286
Totals: (19 players)							161	5376	760	1388	206	29	138	707	143	90	657	786	42	31	70	60	122	.258	.340	.384	724	2066	6205	4330	763	4.8	.277

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
40	Rick Wise	36	33	UDFA: 1963	MLB	15	10	3.73	34	34	9	2	0	0	231.2	229	111	96	24	68	108	2	0	1.28	8.90	0.93	2.64	4.20	0.63	.269	0.95
36	Rick Waits	34	27	1970-5-110	MLB	16	13	4.44	34	34	8	3	0	0	231.0	230	123	114	26	91	91	5	0	1.39	8.96	1.01	3.55	3.55	1.00	.270	1.39
48	Mike Paxton	-	25	1975-23-538	MLB	8	8	5.92	33	24	3	0	1	0	159.2	210	118	105	14	52	70	3	1	1.64	11.84	0.79	2.93	3.95	0.74	.336	0.92
37	Dan Spillner	66	27	1970-2-25	MLB	9	5	4.62	49	13	3	0	14	1	157.2	153	82	81	16	64	97	5	0	1.38	8.73	0.91	3.65	5.54	0.66	.283	0.68
39	Len Barker	-	23	1973-3-49	MLB	6	6	4.92	29	19	2	0	3	0	137.1	146	79	75	6	70	93	10	0	1.57	9.57	0.39	4.59	6.09	0.75	.327	1.12
43	Sid Monge	25	28	1970-24-562	MLB	12	10	2.40	76	0	0	0	53	19	131.0	96	37	35	9	64	108	9	2	1.22	6.60	0.62	4.40	7.42	0.59	.254	0.59
17	Wayne Garland	-	28	1969-1-1	MLB	4	10	5.23	18	14	2	0	1	0	94.2	120	70	55	11	34	40	3	0	1.63	11.41	1.05	3.23	3.80	0.85	.334	0.97
23	Victor Cruz	41	21	UDFA: 1976	MLB	3	9	4.23	61	0	0	0	48	10	78.2	70	41	37	10	44	63	1	2	1.45	8.01	1.14	5.03	7.21	0.70	.280	0.45
33	Eric Wilkins	-	22	1977-6-141	MLB	2	4	4.39	16	14	0	0	0	0	69.2	77	41	34	4	38	52	1	0	1.65	9.95	0.52	4.91	6.72	0.73	.348	1.16
32	David Clyde	-	24	1973-1-1	MLB	3	4	5.91	9	8	1	0	1	0	45.2	50	33	30	7	13	17	4	0	1.38	9.85	1.38	2.56	3.35	0.76	.277	0.85
41	Paul Reuschel	-	32	1968-3-53	MLB	2	1	7.94	17	1	0	0	5	1	45.1	73	43	40	7	11	22	0	0	1.85	14.49	1.39	2.18	4.37	0.50	.386	1.59
44	Don Hood	-	29	1969-1-17	MLB	1	0	3.68	13	0	0	0	3	1	22.0	13	9	9	1	14	7	1	0	1.23	5.32	0.41	5.73	2.86	2.00	.174	0.84
42	Larry Andersen	-	26	1971-7-151	MLB	0	0	7.56	8	0	0	0	4	0	16.2	25	14	14	3	4	7	0	0	1.74	13.50	1.62	2.16	3.78	0.57	.367	0.46
56	Sandy Wihtol	-	24	1974-2-28	MLB	0	0	3.37	5	0	0	0	0	0	10.2	10	4	4	0	3	6	0	0	1.22	8.44	0.00	2.53	5.06	0.50	.278	2.25
Totals: (19 players)						81	80	4.58	161	161	28	5	133	32	1,432	1502	805	729	138	570	781	44	5	1.43	9.44	0.87	3.58	4.91	0.73	.297

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gary Alexander	C	91		404	40	18	5	.961	0.00
Ron Hassey	C	68		345	29	3	4	.992	0.00
Bo Diaz	C	15		63	6	3	1	.958	0.00
Ron Pruitt	C	11		22	3	0	1	1.000	0.00
Cliff Johnson	C	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Andre Thornton	1B	130		1089	82	7	100	.994	0.00
Mike Hargrove	1B	28		221	13	1	23	.996	0.00
Wayne Cage	1B	7		37	4	0	3	1.000	0.00
Ron Hassey	1B	2		23	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Duane Kuiper	2B	140		345	380	9	89	.988	0.00
Dave Rosello	2B	33		40	84	3	12	.976	0.00
Ted Cox	2B	4		2	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Toby Harrah	3B	127		91	160	16	19	.940	0.00
Ted Cox	3B	52		29	78	4	11	.964	0.00
Dave Rosello	3B	14		2	12	2	3	.875	0.00
Ron Pruitt	3B	3		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Paul Dade	3B	2		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tom Veryzer	SS	148		238	446	18	90	.974	0.00
Toby Harrah	SS	33		22	55	3	11	.962	0.00
Dave Rosello	SS	11		1	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rick Manning	OF	141		417	9	6	2	.986	0.00
Bobby Bonds	OF	116		267	9	6	1	.979	0.00
Jim Norris	OF	93		214	2	4	0	.982	0.00
Mike Hargrove	OF	65		135	3	1	0	.993	0.00
Paul Dade	OF	37		73	4	3	1	.962	0.00
Dell Alston	OF	30		29	2	1	0	.969	0.00
Ron Pruitt	OF	29		43	1	2	0	.957	0.00
Ted Cox	OF	16		26	2	2	0	.933	0.00
Horace Speed	OF	16		14	0	2	0	.875	0.00
Gary Alexander	OF	2		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Sid Monge	P	76	131	6	17	3	2	.885	1.58
Victor Cruz	P	61	78	1	4	2	0	.714	0.58
Dan Spillner	P	49	157	9	18	0	0	1.000	1.55
Rick Waits	P	34	231	15	43	0	2	1.000	2.26
Rick Wise	P	34	231	23	53	2	2	.974	2.96
Mike Paxton	P	33	159	16	20	0	3	1.000	2.04
Len Barker	P	29	137	8	13	2	1	.913	1.38
Wayne Garland	P	18	94	11	8	3	0	.864	1.82
Paul Reuschel	P	17	45	2	10	1	2	.923	2.39
Eric Wilkins	P	16	69	4	12	6	2	.727	2.08
Don Hood	P	13	22	3	4	0	0	1.000	2.86
David Clyde	P	9	45	2	6	1	0	.889	1.59
Larry Andersen	P	8	16	0	4	0	1	1.000	2.22
Sandy Wihtol	P	5	10	2	2	0	0	1.000	3.53
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Cliff Johnson	DH	62						.000	0.00
Bobby Bonds	DH	29						.000	0.00
Ron Pruitt	DH	14						.000	0.00
Gary Alexander	DH	13						.000	0.00
Jim Norris	DH	13						.000	0.00
Andre Thornton	DH	13						.000	0.00
Wayne Cage	DH	9						.000	0.00
Toby Harrah	DH	9						.000	0.00
Dell Alston	DH	7						.000	0.00
Mike Hargrove	DH	7						.000	0.00
Paul Dade	DH	4						.000	0.00
Horace Speed	DH	4						.000	0.00
Ted Cox	DH	1						.000	0.00
Ron Hassey	DH	1						.000	0.00
Rick Manning	DH	1						.000	0.00

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